Title: SnapCache
Author: StaticWeb.io
Published: <strong>December 8, 2025</strong>
Last modified: April 1, 2026

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# SnapCache

 By [StaticWeb.io](https://profiles.wordpress.org/staticwebio/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/snapcache.1.0.1.zip)

 * [Details](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/snapcache/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/snapcache/#reviews)
 * [Development](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/snapcache/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/snapcache/)

## Description

SnapCache accelerates WordPress by providing a fast, reliable persistent object 
cache backed by Memcached.
 It dramatically reduces database load, speeds up page
generation, and improves scalability under heavy traffic.

SnapCache is designed to be safe and fast.
 See the Benchmarks section for performance
results.

#### Features

 * Persistent object cache using Memcached
 * Automatic prefetching of frequently accessed keys
 * WP-CLI commands for inspecting and managing the cache
 * Continues to operate even if Memcached is unreachable

#### Benchmarks

Requests per second in a default WordPress installation. Comparison of object cache
functionality only.

 * **SnapCache v1.0.0 with Memcached – 387.0 req/sec**
 * Redis Cache v2.7.0 – 367.1 req/sec
 * LiteSpeed v7.6.2 with Redis – 218.6 req/sec
 * LiteSpeed v7.6.2 with Memcached – 218.0 req/sec

### Requirements

 * WordPress 6.4 or later
 * PHP 8.1+ with the Memcached extension installed
 * At least one accessible Memcached server

## Reviews

There are no reviews for this plugin.

## Contributors & Developers

“SnapCache” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this
plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ StaticWeb.io ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/staticwebio/)

[Translate “SnapCache” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/snapcache)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/snapcache/), check 
out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/snapcache/), or subscribe
to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/snapcache/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/snapcache/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

Full changelog available at https://github.com/staticweb-io/snapcache/blob/master/
CHANGELOG.md

#### 1.0.1

Indicate support for WordPress 7.0.

#### 1.0.0

Initial submission to WordPress.org.

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0.1**
 *  Last updated **3 days ago**
 *  Active installations **50+**
 *  WordPress version ** 6.4 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **7.0**
 *  PHP version ** 8.1 or higher **
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/snapcache/)
 * Tags
 * [memcached](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/memcached/)[object cache](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/object-cache/)
   [performance](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/performance/)[speed](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/speed/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/snapcache/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ StaticWeb.io ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/staticwebio/)

## Support

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